Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Curious Scientists' or 'Singular Scientists', a book of unpublished reminiscences by W.H. Thorpe and W.M. Thorpe, sub-titled 'Personal memories of some world-famous Eccentrics', c. 1977
Scope and Contents
Among those mentioned in the text: J.J. Thomson, D'Arcy Thompson, F. Gowland Hopkins, J. Stanley Gardiner, David Keilin, W.L.H. Duckworth, J.B.S. Haldane, Fritz Zschokke, Herman Langen, Louis Leger, Niko Tinbergen, Konrad Lorenz, Erich von Holst, Karl von Frisch, Otto Koehler, Gustav Kramer, Karl Lashley, Jane Goodall, Edmund Jaeger, Edward Armstrong.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1977
Creator
- From the Fonds: Thorpe, William Homan, 1902-1986 (ethologist) (Person)
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Extent
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Language of Materials
English
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